Psalm 119:65-80

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ט Teth

⁶⁵Do good^(A) to your servant
    according to your word,^(B) Lord.
⁶⁶Teach me knowledge^(C) and good judgment,
    for I trust your commands.
⁶⁷Before I was afflicted^(D) I went astray,^(E)
    but now I obey your word.^(F)
⁶⁸You are good,^(G) and what you do is good;
    teach me your decrees.^(H)
⁶⁹Though the arrogant have smeared me with lies,^(I)
    I keep your precepts with all my heart.
⁷⁰Their hearts are callous^(J) and unfeeling,
    but I delight in your law.
⁷¹It was good for me to be afflicted^(K)
    so that I might learn your decrees.
⁷²The law from your mouth is more precious to me
    than thousands of pieces of silver and gold.^(L)

י Yodh

⁷³Your hands made me^(M) and formed me;
    give me understanding to learn your commands.
⁷⁴May those who fear you rejoice^(N) when they see me,
    for I have put my hope in your word.^(O)
⁷⁵I know, Lord, that your laws are righteous,^(P)
    and that in faithfulness^(Q) you have afflicted me.
⁷⁶May your unfailing love^(R) be my comfort,
    according to your promise^(S) to your servant.
⁷⁷Let your compassion^(T) come to me that I may live,
    for your law is my delight.^(U)
⁷⁸May the arrogant^(V) be put to shame for wronging me without cause;^(W)
    but I will meditate on your precepts.
⁷⁹May those who fear you turn to me,
    those who understand your statutes.^(X)
⁸⁰May I wholeheartedly follow^(Y) your decrees,^(Z)
    that I may not be put to shame.^(AA)

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Joshua 20

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Cities of Refuge^(A)

20 Then the Lord said to Joshua: ²“Tell the Israelites to designate the cities of refuge, as I instructed you through Moses, ³so that anyone who kills a person accidentally and unintentionally^(B) may flee there and find protection from the avenger of blood.^(C) ⁴When they flee to one of these cities, they are to stand in the entrance of the city gate^(D) and state their case before the elders^(E) of that city. Then the elders are to admit the fugitive into their city and provide a place to live among them. ⁵If the avenger of blood comes in pursuit, the elders must not surrender the fugitive, because the fugitive killed their neighbor unintentionally and without malice aforethought. ⁶They are to stay in that city until they have stood trial before the assembly^(F) and until the death of the high priest who is serving at that time. Then they may go back to their own home in the town from which they fled.”

⁷So they set apart Kedesh^(G) in Galilee in the hill country of Naphtali, Shechem^(H) in the hill country of Ephraim, and Kiriath Arba^(I) (that is, Hebron^(J)) in the hill country of Judah.^(K) ⁸East of the Jordan (on the other side from Jericho) they designated Bezer^(L) in the wilderness on the plateau in the tribe of Reuben, Ramoth in Gilead^(M) in the tribe of Gad, and Golan in Bashan^(N) in the tribe of Manasseh. ⁹Any of the Israelites or any foreigner residing among them who killed someone accidentally^(O) could flee to these designated cities and not be killed by the avenger of blood prior to standing trial before the assembly.^(P)